This a quote from another forum - a fellow trying to recommission a CNC machine:
"When I first got this up and running, there was a reoccurring error code along the lines of ā plate filter blockedā. It was accompanied by a very irritating beeper that would go off. The only way to silence the beeper was to hit reset. All fine and well, but if you do that whilst itās running, it stops the programme too
. I had work to get done. Beeper silenced with insulation tape....Still bloody irritating...so it got temporarily disconnected.
My initial thoughts were what is a plate filter? I surmised that given the fact the translation had been done by somebody who was a speaker of at least two, non native tongue languages,( A Portuguese speaking Brazilian who was fluent to a larger,or lesser degree in German and English....No, not that kind of Brazilian,but the longer it went on, the more appealing the Brazilian description became
). So, bearing that in mind, I figured one could confuse ā plateā for ā panelā....Ok, getting somewhere...
So a panel filter....Well ,if there isnāt a large panel filter on the electrical enclosure. It did also have a micro switch on a flap at the bottom. Ok, so if this filter is blocked,it canāt pull the flap up,and switch the micro switch. Rather crude I thought. I tried disconnecting it. No change...I tried bridging it... no change...How odd.
So I bumbled on ,highly unimpressed with the hydraulic Chuck that had a tendency to squeeze all the moisture out of any bit of steel you put in it. Rest assured,it always came out with teeth marks in it from the jaws. This was no good. So, I got hold of a manual for the machine and waded through it tediously. In all fairness,itās pretty comprehensive. However, could I find anything about a Chuck? No. Anything about a hydraulic Chuck? No . There was however reference to a ā Hydraulic plateā.....And thatās when it dawned on me.... Plate was supposed to mean Chuck.It had been telling me all along that the hydraulic filter was blocked....
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